Notes on Charity Goodman originally listed as the mother of the children.

In the 1881 census 72 Cromwell Road, Tunbridge, Kent.
Charity Goodman, head, widower, age 47, housekeeper, born Wadhurst, Sussex.
Daughter Martha E. Tearall, age 11, born Lenham, Kent.
Daughter Emily J. Tearall, age 9, born Lenham, Kent.
Son Ernest S. Tearall, age 5, born Tunbridge Wells.
Daughter Frances E. Tearall, age 3, born Tunbridge Wells.
Son Thomas E. Tearall, age 1, born Tunbridge Wells. [from Gillaim Tearall. Details of mother of Tearall children is wrong. Mother is Emily Ware who died at age 38 in Tunbridge Wells hospital. Father is Thomas Tearall who after his wife died worked in Calverley Park , Tonbridge and Charity Goodman was housekeeper looking after his children.]

[Why Charity Goodman is referred to as the mother of the Tearall’s is a mystery. She was married to a James Goodman and they were listed in the 1861 and 1871 census with Tearall’s mentioned]

In the April to June 1887 death index, Charity Goodman, age 55, Tonbridge district, Kent, volume 2a, page 350.